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19 | ... | 19 | ... |
20 | 20 | ||
21 | 21 | ||
22 | He didn't go back into the shed for a long time. His hatchet was in there, | 22 | He didn't go back into the shed for a long time. |
23 | and his axe. He didn't want to face them. His papers, he decided, could wait | 23 | His hatchet was in there, and his axe. |
24 | in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. The pain | 24 | He didn't want to face them. |
25 | medication made him loopy. He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which | 25 | His papers, he decided, could wait in the top drawer for a while before being looked at again. |
26 | wasn't well to begin with. Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as | 26 | The pain medication made him loopy. |
27 | though they were on the TV in the next room. Someone was cheering. They had | 27 | He couldn't think as well as he was used to, which wasn't well to begin with. |
28 | just won a car. | 28 | Even saying his thoughts out loud, it was as though they were on the TV in the next room. |
29 | Someone was cheering. | ||
30 | They had just won a car. | ||
29 | 31 | ||
30 | His mother came in with lunch on a tray. It was hot tomato soup and a grilled | 32 | His mother came in with lunch on a tray. |
31 | cheese sandwich. "What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't | 33 | It was hot tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. |
32 | just been staring at the wall have you?" He had been staring at the wall most | 34 | "What have you been doing all day" she asked "you haven't just been staring at the wall have you?" |
33 | of the day. The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper. | 35 | He had been staring at the wall most of the day. |
34 | "No" he said. "What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down | 36 | The wall without the window on it, with the woodgrain wallpaper. |
35 | on his lap. He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it | 37 | "No" he said. |
36 | spilled anything. "Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my | 38 | "What have you been doing then" she asked setting the tray down on his lap. |
37 | experience." | 39 | He sat up and almost upset it, but she caught it before it spilled anything. |
40 | "Composing in my head" he lied. "A novel of my experience." | ||
38 | 41 | ||
39 | "Do you really think anyone will want to read about you" she asked and walked | 42 | "Do you really think anyone will want to read about you" she asked and walked out of the room. |
40 | out of the room. | ||